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RS22/13(5) Rodway notes, Royal Society of Tasmania archives, University of Tasmania, Hobart. 93.10.24a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Leonard Rodway, 1893-10-24 [93.10.24a]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1890-6/1893/93-10-24a-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

24/10/93
What you just sent, dear Mr Rodway, is
Isoetopsis graminifolia

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, which is not likely an introduced plant, considering its companions there with you. We have under similar isolation also Euphorbia Drummondi in Tasmania. So it must be regarded as a remarkable addition to the Tasmanian Flora. Doubtless you will bring this under the notice of the next meeting of your R.S.
1
Rodway reported his discovery of the plant at the meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania on 14 November 1893, and included it in Rodway (1894), p. 180, quoting M's opinion that it was endemic.
I may mention, that 3 years before Turczaninow published this from Drummonds W.A collections,
2
Turczaninow (1851). p. 175 erected Isoetopis.
I had (in 1848) recognized this as a new genus , when exploring in S.A., but my manuscript at the then war-time
3
Presumably the war between Denmark and the German states over Schleswig-Holstein. See also M to R. Tate, 22 November 1879, where M attributes the failure to publish his manuscript to its loss in a shipwreck and 'some delays' in the replacement's reaching Germany.
was allowed to be left unpublished, so that Turczaninow anticipated me. The name, which I had given, was
Rhizocephalum

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.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
Plants, so small, are readily over looked.